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Somnus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The god of Sleep, a brother of Death, and a son of Night, represented, he and Death, as two youths sleeping or holding inverted torches in their hands; near the dwelling of Somnus flowed the river of Lethe, which crept along over pebbles, and invited to sleep; he was attended by Morpheus, who inspired pleasing dreams.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Somnus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/somnus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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